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Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Erlanger's Regena Young talks about the risks of suicide & its prevention as the holidays loom near.

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Erlanger's Regena Young talks about the risks of suicide & its prevention as the holidays loom near.
Erlanger's Regena Young talks about the risks of suicide & its prevention as the holidays loom near.

Erlanger's Regena Young talks about the risks of suicide & its prevention as the holidays loom near

Just in that's ... low ... we are looking at 22 to 25 suicides ... every single day is just within ... the population ... of united states that's ... good outside of those numbers ... just keep increasing ... .

Can you this will ... lately ... , well right knee ... .

There ... is isolation ... is ... are being careful ... is a ... run of our ... and then you can ... in ... job loss has here ... and certainly ... being away from ... family ... i had any type of social ... concerns are ... from ... with relationship ... always a ... holiday ... insulin ... pain in ... your ... are suicide rate ... here in tennis ... .

The ... third leading cause of death ... for days ... and hate ... nine ... and ... so 15 to 19 really ... have in ... that we also see ... in ... what we call middle-aged ... coursers ... a nursery well ... .

What are some of the signs that ... me to look out ... where if you think ... somebody may be having ... suicidal thoughts or ... maybe a little mentally ... unstable ... water we need to look for it had to narrow it down to the top ... i'm certainly ... drawing ... what you ... will ... engage in ... social media ... have that relates ... to ... answer it had ... .

Maybe they are ... i don't save ... as preoccupied with ... dad ... i have been when they the ... maybe giving way ... their precious object ... or person ... longing ... , as are all a ... indicators ... for those of us who were not able health ... professionals ... on the ... outside looking in, so to speak ... .

What can we do ... the main thing is the aware ... on this and see your ... your family and your friends ... and talk with him about ... we want to make sure that we're direct ... asked question ... about dying ... so ... , this and this ... bringing that ... and being direct about it ... , it will cost money ... and that is not free ... and there been any ... in many cases ... it's really more ... to ... acknowledge ... them one is ... feeling that way ... and see what they can do to reach out ... to get them hell ... just by acknowledging that ... it really does help ... a person ... feeling i ... i'm glad you ... i'm glad you made that point ... , a number of years ago ... .

That was just something ... you did not discuss ... it is okay to open that dialogue up with not just the ... person is having some ... faculty ... but with her family members as well.

Sometimes ... those closest ... to ... the individual are ... oblivious to what's going on ... asked lately ... certainly talking about it ... with family members ... , even if someone's system ... press ... to go ahead and and ... intervene in that ... we give them an outlet to ... press their ... urns and their fears are ... and that will ... it in a way stop the ... borrow down ... suicidal thoughts ... regina.

We are up against the clock ... .

Thank you for spending a few moments with us, you and i will talk a little bit closer.

As we have ... if you want to find out more ... get in touch with regina direct ... is regina rt ... g ... e in a.dog at ... erlanger.again

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